These rules were first published on July 13, 2007. Admin
The Cafe would like to publish any campaign statements that official candidates wish to make using the rules below, and extend these rules for the benefit of currently elected Town and State officials who also wish to make statements. The following are a set of rules for presentation of statements by candidates and currently elected officials:
1. All statements by candidates will be published as presented without corrections or modification (however, the candidate can request corrections);
2. Comments will be limited to only those in support of the candidate, and only one comment per commentor;
3. Comments for each statement by a candidate will be limited to no more than ten;
4. All statements and comments will be NON-anonymous;
5. Commentors can pose questions to the candidate in a comment as long as the comment is respectful and without innuendo; the candidate’s response in the form of a comment will not count against the limit of 10 comments;
6. If a commentor or another candidate wishes to rebut a candidate’s statement, the commentor or candidate can do this by submitting a rebuttal statement separately; however, rebuttal statements will only be accepted if supported by facts or substantial rationale and are devoid of personal attacks;
7. Campaign statements and rebuttals will not be accepted if they contain scurrilous attacks on other candidates or unsubstantiated facts;
8. After a candidate’s statement falls off the front page it will be placed in a separate linked sub-file labeled by the candidate’s name under Republicans, Democrats and Independents listed and linked on the right; and
9. Candidates’ campaign statements and rebuttles can be submitted to the Cafe by emailing the Cafe at woodstockctcafe@gmail.com of our personal home email address.
